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UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. CHAMIP, or CLEVEL D. omo, AssIGNoit To T E ia-isiro &.naiioeoit COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, 01110,. A CORPORATION 01' omeBOTTLE-FiLLING MAGHIN'E.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d A r. 26 1910..

Application filed. October 4, 1904. Serial No. 227,152.

of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-FillingMachines, of which the following is a specification, the principle ofthe invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I havecontemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from otherinventions.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine forfilling bottles or other analogous vessels; and such invention isparticularly intended for the automatic filling of bottles with beerunder pressure. The invention consists of the means hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstitutin mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention maybe used.

Figure 1 is a front perspective of th machine, with omission of certainconstruction which might confuse the construction essentially designedto 'be shown in this view; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine,with certain construction omitted to prevent confusion; Fig. 3 is a topplan of the machine, with omlssion of certam construction, especiallywith omission of half of the beer tank lid; Fig. 4 is a View analogousto a diagrammatic representation, partly in side elevation and partly invertical section, showin certain construction of the machine; %ig. 5 isa detail of certain lower construction of the machine, partly in sideelevation and partly in vertical section; Fig. 6 is a detail top plan,on the line 66, Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail, showing on a larger scalethan in Fig. 5, the extreme lower portions of the beer inlet, tube, andof 'the tube which supplies air above the beer in the tank; Fig. 8 is adetail sectional viewon line 88, Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a detail view, mainlyin vertical section, of one radial formation projecting from the lowerportion of the beer tank, and the construction' carried by such radialformation. the members being shown in position immediately before arocker device carried by such formation is operated by the first roller;ing trough for the filled bottles, in conjunc- 110 but one of variousFig. 10 is a detail view partly in side elevation and partly in verticalelevation, showmg a bottle rest and the lower portion of the mechanismfor raising and lowering such bottle rest; Fig. 11 is a detail view, infront and elevation, of the radial formation shown in Fig. 9, with itsaccompanying construction; Flg. 12 we transverse section on the line1212, Fig. 9; Fig. 13 is a detail view, mainly in vertical section, ofthe. outer portion of said radial formation and its accompanyingconstruction, the members being shown in their position immediatelyafter the rock device has been operated by the first roller; Fig. 14 isa transverse section on the line 1414, Fig. 13; Fig. 15 is a frontelevation of Fig. 13, designed to show the face View of the rock devicewhen in the position represented in Fig. 13; Fig. 16 is a transverselysectioned detail of the rear end of the valve plug, on line 16-46, Fig.12; Fig. 17 is a view similar to Fig. 13, but showing the members in thefirst position which they assume bv the engagement of the rock devicewith the second roller; Fig. 18 is a transverse section on the line1818, Fig. 17; Fig. 19 is a front elevationof Fig. 17; Fig. 20 1s a viewsimilar to Figs. 13 and 1-7, but showing the members in the secondposition which they assume by engagement of the rock device with thesecond roller;

Fig. 21 is a transverse section on the line 2121, Fig. 20; Fig. 223s afront end elevation of Fig. 20; Fig. 23 is a view similar to Figs. 13,17 and 20, but showing the members in their third and last ositioncaused by engagement of the rock evice with the second roller; Fig. 24is a transverse section on line 2424 of Fig. 23; Fig. 25 is a front endelevation of Fig. 23; Fig. 26 is a detail view, mainly in horizontalsection, on the line 26-26, Fig. 9; Fig. 27 is a detail view, mainly inhorizontal section, on line 2727,

Fig. 9; Fig. 28 is a detail view, mainly in horizontal section, on line2828, Fig. 9; Fig. 29 is a detail view, mainly in orizontal section, online 2929, Fig. 9, Fig. .30 is a detail front elevation of one of theradial formations of the beer tank, representing in full and in dottedlines respectively different operative positions of the rock .device,when in engagement respectix'ely with the three rollers; Fig. 31 1s adetail view, in top plan, showing the receivtion with accompanyingbottle rests, and means for-automatically shifting thefilled bottlesfrom off their rests'into said bottle receiving trough; Fig. 32 is adetail view, in

top plan, of one of the bottle rests; Fig. 33 is a detail view in frontelevation of Fig. 32;

Fig. 34-is a detail view in side elevation of a roller, alikeconstructed for either the first orthird rollers, the present viewshowing the roller depending as is the third roller;.Fig. 35 is an endelevation of Fig. 34:; Fig. 36 is a horizontal longitudinal section onthe line 1 3636, Fig. 34; Fig. 37 isa'detail view, in

side elevation, of the second roller. Fig. 38 is a detail view, in frontendv elevation of Fig, 37.; Fig. 39 is a detail view, in'longi- .tudinalhorizontal section, on line 3939 of Fig. 37; and Fig.,4=0 is a detailview, partly in vertical section and partly in side eleva-' tion,showing the beer tank provided with one form of means for maintainingproper pressure of the beer therein;

The.form of the machine shown in the drawings is adapted to operate withan indefinite number of bottles simultaneously.

It will accordingly suflice for present purposes to give a detaileddescription of the construction and operation of the inventionasembodied in means thereof for filling a single bottle with beer underpressure.

. The circular beer tank A, centrally located at .the top of themachine, has a series of rigid radial formations B, all like each other,rigidly secured to and projecting in a general horizontal direction, atequidistant points about the lower portion of, said tank.

'Each such radial formation has four inde pendent fluid ducts or ways;a-compressed bi has its two parts adapted to communicate with each otherby intermediate registration air-inlet-way b, a beer-way b, a vent-way band an actuating fluid-way b?- Each one of said four ways is dividedinto two transverse parts, an upper and a lower part, having thehorizontal valve plug C located between such two-parts. The compressedair-inlet way I) hasits two transverse parts adapted to communicate witheach other by intermediate registration of channel '0 formed in saidplug C. The'beer-way 1 50 has its two transverse parts adapted to com- 1registration of channel cfformed inplugmunicate' with each other bymtermediate C. The i vent-way 'b has its two parts adapted tocommunicate with each other by intermediate re istration of channel aformed in plug The actuating fluid-way of; channel formed inplng C...

A bottle fillin tube or member I) is connected to and epends fromthedischarge .end of the lower transverse .part of beer-way b, such tubepassing freely down throng mouth-piece (1, so as to leave a freeannularspace in the central tube (1'. of such mouth p ece, and the latterhaving an upper chamber d that provides constant communication betweenthe discharge ends of the lowertransverse parts of air inlet 1) andvent-way b on the one hand, and saidtube (1' on the other hand. Abottle, while being filled, is

designed to be held closely against the mouth-piece d-so as to be sealedthereby. Such mouth-piece, with the several passages that communicatetherewith, and the corresponding valve-plug C controlling device, orbottle-filling valve, as such device is currently" des'i nated in theart to which my invention elongs. Said com- Q pressed air inlet b andsaid vent-way 6 each 89 has the inner end of its upper transverse partin constant communication with the upper portion of the beer tank A.Said beer way 6 has the inner end of" its upper transverse part inconstant communication 35 with the lower portion of such tank. Saidactuating fluid way 6 has the inner end of its upper transverse part inconstant communication with the annular actuating fluid reservoir E,located centrally below said 90 beer-tank. Compressed actuating fluid issupplied to said reservoir by a pipe 6 communicating with the reservoirtop and r0- vided with a gage e, while it is adapte to be connected atits receiving end to a suitable feed'device. Theformation of said waysis such that the two transverse parts of air inlet-way I) register withchannel 0 and complete the operation resultingfrom such registration andpass out .from said registration,-all before the two transverse parts ofvent-way I) register with channel 0 and also all before the twotransverse parts of beer-way I) register with channel 0; whereby thebottle is properly charged with air having the same ressure as the beer,beforebeer communication to the bottle is had and before Vent is givento the bottle.

At a point between said reservoir E and said plug 0, said way I) hasconstant comfnuni- ,cation withthe fluid-way f that in turn con-'stantly communicates with the lower ortion of a vertical cylinder F deen ing from the radial formation B, be ow the lower transverse part ofsuch way 6 The lower end of the lower transverse part of way' I) hasconstant communication with theupper end of said cylinder F. The

waste way 0, in the inner end of the plug of said cylinder. The lowerace of such 13'.)

. t 75 latter, constitute an individual bottle 11mg piston ubi qt a ntent y t th p e .surepf the actuating fluid in reservoir E; while upper-;face .of such iston is. subjected to the pressure .of the .fluidwithin the said reservoir 1*), .when plugC is ,.turned so as to ,causethe two transverse parts of way I)? to communicate with each other bychannel 0, and is subject to .atmospheric pressure when plug C is turnedso .as-to cause the lower transverse ,part of=way b .tobev 1ncommunication with the open ,air by waste way 0".

The piston f is mounted onthe upper end ofa piston rodf whose lower endis provided with a piston i of materially less working .diameter thanpiston f. Such piston f works within cylinder f, dependingcentrally.down from. cylinder F and .of -ma terially' less diameter, than suchlatter cylinder. Thelowerface of said piston f is constantly suhjecttoatmospheric pressure, by

reason of the ,open end formation of such lower portion ofitscylinder f,while the .upper facepf said piston f, is constantly allhorizontal'rockin movemen t.about thev subject ,to the pressure oftheactuating fluid in reservoir E, by reason vof the constantly opencommunication between the lower end of cylinder 3F .and the upper end of.cyl-

inderf.

"The bottles being filled are intended to be carried-on rests or liftsG,Figs. 4, 32 and 33, each of which has its under-side provided with ,twodepending lips 21:, respec-v tively located free from and on oppositesides of a-stemQg that extends in the line of horizontal travel of suchrest; such lips having a horizontal space between them equal to thewidth of a horizontal bar 9 and being adapted to have lateral bearing respectivelg agamst the front and rear edges of such r, the latter servinas .a support for the rest when "in normal epressed position, asvv1ll'be later herein explained. The

stem g of the rest passes through a hole g" lon .tudinal axis of t evalve. Such device H- as an upper arm 71. and a lower arm 71), bothprojecting 'gifg'ht an larly from the longitudinal'axis the va ve but inopposite directions. v

Upperarm h ,of therocker is providedat its upper and free portion withan out- '\vardly projecting horizontal .lug .h, and; a

roller 1',-

9 and 30) located ina suitsli mg through the. open 'lowerend of in thecircular path of horizontal ;movement of saidlug lzfiwhen such roller isin locked machine, the disposition land construction of such cooperatingmembers being suchthat' .able frame L rhigher than the valve C, liesposition nearest to the vertical-center of the at no time is thereanyfengagement between roller 1 and said-.arm h, exce t as roller 1engages with lug ,h and there y rocks said .arm h upwardly andrearwardly, so as to operate said valve during the horizontal travel ofthe latter and of its rockerdevice H. 'Such engagement-of lug k withroller 1, as hereinafter described, serves in the operation of'raisin'gthe bottle rest;, after so which, engagement, such upper valve arm movesbeyond said roller 1 the lug b pass-- ing thereover .during' the.continued. horied '.to e age with another roller 2 30, 37 and 38)thatserves in the ops ation of 'filling .the bottle. Said roller 2 islocated in the path of circular horizontal travel of said lug h so as tocause engagementbetween' the same, whereby saidv arm h is caused to rockupwardly and rearwardly,

as hereinafter -described; after which, said arm passes said roller 2,by said lug 71 passing under the latter.

The 'lowerarm h of the valve is adapted scribed, to close communicationbetween the beer tank and the bottle mouth piece, and also to lower the.bottle rest. is located lower than said valve, and in the path ofcircular horizontal travel of said depending arm h; and is adapted toengage Such roller 3 .zont'al. travelof the valve'and its rocker cir-.cularly around the vertical central axis of the machine. Said u perrocker arm 71. :is, in .the 'further 'operatlon of the machine, adapt-?igs.

to. engage with roller 3, as hereinafterdewith the latter so as .to rockit upwardly and rearwardly. After thus operating said valve, I

the dependingarm h passes over said roller 3,all-during .the saidhorizontal travel of the valve and rocker. The supporting frame forroller 3 is a substantial duplicate of that of roller 1, referred toabojve; exce t that the frame of roller 1 projects vertical y upwardfrom bar K, while the frame of roller 3 depends vertically from suchbar.

Each such 'roller frame consists of a hori-' zontal barrel'L, havin. aweb, Z rigidly connecting it with means or fastening the same to saidbar K, as shown in F1 s. 34, 35 and 36. Each roller, .1 and 3, 1s austably fastened to a stem l slidablein said barrel and having a springpressed locking device 1 adapted to malntaan' the stem outside of saidbarrel. The unlocking of such spring pressed'devic Z operates,tocausethe roll r to be withdrawn into said barrel.

Roller 2 is mountedin a frame M, Figs' 37, 38 and 39, also adapted. tobe fastened to the'ba r K. Such frame Mhas at its u p511; U

portion ,a horizontal barrel m in w .slides a stem m, carrying saidroller 2 at r its inner 'end. Stem m is s ring-pressed so come by abottle on the corresponding bottle rest operating through mechanism asfollows: The outer end of said stem mis adapted to be engaged in free.sliding bearing by the u per arm of a vertical rock lever 922 the owerarm of such lever being pivoted to the outer end of a horizontal rod m3longitudinally sliding, in a sleeve m formed in the lower portion of theframe M.

'The inner end of said rod m has rigidly secured thereto a curvedpresser bar m, normally held away from the frame Mby a spring m, and inthe circular path of the bottle on the corresponding bottle rest. Whensuch bottle engages said presser bar, the lever m is rocked so as tocause the roller 2 to be forced into the path of thecircular travel oflug k of arm it. When there is no bottle on the corresponding bottlerest, the roller 2 is withdrawn bythe spring m into barrel m, and out ofthe circular path of said lug 7Z Each. one ofthe three roller frames isadapted to be moved horizontally along the bar K, to the desired pointof operation of its roller, at any time; and then to be I clamped atsuch desiredpoint of operation by means of a collar Z rigid with theroller frame, and a set screw is; such collar embracing said bar K andsuch set screw :being and adapted to have inner end bearing threaded ina suitable opening of theroller frame. in horizontal line with saidcollar,

against the horizontal circular bar K. The

' roller of each of such threeroller frames is maintained at a constantheight relatively to the horizontal axis of oscillation of valve 0,throughout all engagement of such roller with the correspondmg arm ofsuch valve;

'1 roller 3.

Themachine is driven by a horizontal power shaft n, carrying-worm. nwhichv meshes with worm gear wheel a adjustably secured to the lower endof uprighttubularshaft N (Figs, 1, 2, 5 and 6). To the u per end of suchshaft isadjustably secur the rotary portion of the machine structure,diagrammatically represented-in Fig. 4 and comprising the beer tank, theactuating compressed fluid' reservoir, and the radial for-,

mations which have common circular movement with such tankandre'servoir. Lo-.

cated' centrall within, and extending. 1ongitudinally o said tubularshaft N, sons to project beyond the same at both 'ends, is p a beersupply 'tube 0. The lower end ofischarge movement from the machine. inthe-event any bottle offers suchabnorma resistance to removalirom' itsrest as had rest;

such tube 0 is connected by a tube 0 with a horizontal pipe section 0fastened to the stationary outer frame work of the machine and forming achamber from which depend a number of sight cups 0 provided with valves,"and adapted to be connected respectively with a like number of barrelscontaining beer.under pressure. The n per end of tube 0 communicateswith t e central lower portion of beer tank A, as will appear-from Fi 4.Located longitudinally and central y within tube'O is anothertube F, theupper end of which extends beyond the upper end of tube 0, and into theupper central portion of tank A. Its lower end connects W1 'l'l tube 79provided with gage p, and leads from a horizontal pipe section orchamber 9 that has a number of valved connections p adapted to besupplied with pressure fluid from a like number of suitable supplymeans, Figs. 1 and 2. I

The apparatus (Figs. 1, 2 and 31) for receiving the filled bottles fromthe movable bottle rests G, although it has been divided out of thepresent case and presented in a separate application, Serial No. 5l9,14;4=, filed March 14;, 1910, may nevertheless be described in thisconnection, since it figures in the general operation of themachine.Such apparatus, then, is formed with a horizontal plate R, havingthereon three bottle guides r,1",1".

Guides 1" and 'r are arallel with each other, and extend lengthwise ofplate R; guide 1' being nearer to the operator than is a'uide r.

Guide 1' has its one end hingedto the bottle-receiving end of guide 1',its opposite and free end extends across the 'vertlcal line of thehorizontal circular path of travel of the bottle rests, and hence acrossthe path of travel of the-bottles on such rests, to insure its. positiveengagement with each filled bottle, on the latters appropriate rest. ASpring 7' is connected to said guides 'r and r, and is of-force soproportioned to the conditions of its desired work, that it maintainssaid hinged guide 1" normally in line with said guide 1', but-permits itunder certain pressure toswing in the direction of travel of the bottlerests, toward the operator. As-each filled bottle, in turn, engages withsaid hinged guide 1', the latter, a1

conditions from off such rest, and on to late R,'h

thedirection 0 travel of the bottle rest,

soas to permit passage of such 'bottle on its etween guides and inpro erlit ed by vertical-flange g at the rear edge of rest G, sweeps thebottle, under normal in which the stem of a' thumb clatnp device r"fits, thefllower end of such stein being screw-threaded in said plate.Such clamp device is thus adapted to secure. said arm in said guide wayat any desired relative adjustment; so t at it will be seen that uide 1"may be adjusted both-longitudinal y and laterally on said plate R, "bylongitudinal movement of its inclined arm, according to the differentsizes of the bottles being filled. Each bottle rest moreover,

inside of flange g, a device g, which equips suchrest to be used for abottle of smaller diameter than is used when said device 9" is not emloyed, as illustrated in Figs. 32 and 33. late R, and with it-the entiresecured in proper vertical adjustment on one of the uprights S of theouter and station ary frame work of the machine-by a clamdevice r whichuprights supportthe'sai bar K, towhich the frames of the three rollers1, 2, 3 are severally secured. The tubular shaft N previously referredto as supporting the entire rotary portion of the machine structure'isinclosed and su ported by another tubular shaft T central y mountedinthe .stationary machine frame, (see Figs. 4'and 5). Such central tubularsupport T has loosely fitted about it a sleeve at, whose lower portionis formed with a horizontal outwardly projecting disk 6 having ri idlyconnected therewlth'a series of radial ars 9- that are formed near theirouter: end with bearings for the stemsg ofthe corresponding bottle restsG. A hand '60 fluids within such tank. One form. of such means is shownin F1g.- .40, where said tankis'shownas bein" ,provided withaball floata,"ha-ving upwar 13 an eiitendingstem a to theup-per'extremity ofwhich-:is pivoted thepower end ofa valve stem.. a= thatis a: lever theline of. such: guide; such arm is adapted tohave detachably fittedthereon,

bottle-receiving apparatus just described, is-

nut 15' is threaded exteriorly about he lower.

ondinglywith reference to- A, into'which tubesO and point of- I means ofa vent coc .device'H, engages with-1 roller 1; thereby, rocking'said armn 'wardly and rearwardly and cafisingj-partia rotation ofthe valve,

of an seccnd order andhasits' fulcrum end 'horizontall ypivotedtoahanger a on the tank top. Val-re a. is located between said twopivoting? of its stem,- and controls communication etween the upperinterior portion of saidtank and the escapefpassag'e a, which is"furth-erada ted to be controlled by a" providedat its up per end.

In the operation of the invention such operation being, convenientlydescribed with. reference to only one bottle, the tubular shaft N shouldrotate so as to move. the

- radial formation B and the bottle rest G in circular travel.

The operator then '30 stands facing the machine front viewing the sameas in Fig. 1, with the bottle receivingtrough at his right and placesthe empty bottle upon the empty bottle rest, in its}- lowermostposition, as such bottle rest passes before him. The upper arm 7:. ofthe corresponding rock device H is at such time just in front of roller1, inthe circular path of movement of such arm and the corresp'ondinvalve 0, secured to and rotated by such mo device, is in the positionshown in Fig. 9.

The corresponding bottle rest G, in vertical line with said valve, is inits lowermost sition, the depending stem of said rest ing in dpositionshown in Fig. 10. The com-. presse actuating fluid from -reservo1r E sexerting its pressure against both the up er an the under faces ofpiston f an against the upper face of piston whereby said piston f isbalanced, and 'sai 10o piston f, by the intermediate mechanism,maintams' the particular bottle rest under consideration in itslowermost 'osition. The position at this juncture of sand rock device H,relatively to roller 1, is shown in'Fig.' 11 while the correspondingposition of the valve 0, closing the waste way 0* against "communicationwith the lower transverseart of fluid way b", and maintaining suchibwer. transverse part in communication 110 with the upper transversepart of such fluid way, is shown in Fig. 12. However, as the valve androckdevice' continue their travel circularly and horizontally, thehorizontal lug, h at the top of arm h'of; said rock after. which, suchlug h passespver said roller -1.' Such rock devloe' 1s thereby turnedfromits previous'positlon, shown-1n Figs. 9 and 11; and is-rocked'intothe p0 sitlon shown in" Figs.- 13; and 15. Valve is thereby turned fromits previous-- position as shownin Figs. 9 and 12 placed in the"positionshown in lii s. 13

and is 1-28 and 14.- The up er transverse part 0 fluid,wa.rbis-aceord1ngly closed-fronrcommun catlonjwith' the lowertransverse part'yand' .the -latter part is placed in communication I30 Ium Z .'-.-.Wit 6 w ste W tot, Asa. result the, compressed actuatingfluid in-cylinder -F above piston f is. relieved, permitting thepressure -"of; compressed actuating fluid against 'the under face ofsaid piston to raise the piston "rod f and thus, by the intermediatemech 'anism, to raise the bottle rest to its uppermost position, withthe mouth of the bottle pressed properly against the mouthpiece d -10 asshown in dotted linesof F1g.'-9,ready i for the filling operation.Thereafter, the bottle, onfits appropriate rest, is carried in itscircular horizontal travel, against the curved presser bar m 'soas todisplace the l5 Qlatter from the path of travel of said bottle andoperate rock lever m so as to force roller 2 intov the path ofcircular-horizontal travel of lug k Initial engagement between said twolatter members thereupon -places said rock device H 1n pos1t1on shown inFigs. 17 and 19, and'rotates valve G into position shown in Figs; 17 and18, as result of which compressed air in the upper portion of beer tankApasses into the bot- 2.5 tle and causes the same pressure to exist inthe bottle as exists in such tank. Further engagement of said lug h withroller 2 rotates the rock device H into position shown in Figs. 20 and22; and rotates the valve G into position shown in Figs. 20 and 21. Inthis latter position of the valve, the

air inlet way I) isclosed from communica-;

tion with the bottle, while the vent-way b is placed inopen-communication with the bottle. Still further engagement of said lugk with roller 2 then takes place, rotat- 'ing rock device Hinto'position shown in Figs, 23 and ,25, and rotating the valve C- intothe position shown in Figs. 23 and 24,

. 40 whereby the beer tank is placed in C0111- munication with thebottle by beeri way I)- and channel'c, while'the open communication ofway 6 and channel 0 previously" stated is still maintained. .Inthiscondition of parts, the bottle is permitted to be filled withbeer,solely by its gravity flow, while the air, .or gas, or foamdisplacedfrom suchbottlepasses through said vent way b into the upper portion ofthe beer tank A; -During the, progress of this latter liquid,

-filling operation, thebottle is carried around to the opposite side ofthe machine, where communication is now closed between the .beer tankandthe bottleand waste way a '60 of the-plug is likewise closed from communication with thelowertransverse"'part of fluid 6, while plug channel 0?is brought to, register with the intervening transverse arts of theactuating fluid way bfl There- ,65" y, allfurther inletor'outletrelative to the:

bottle contents "is prevented, and the .filled bottle- .is in; conditionto be lowered from its upper position against the mouth iece. The piston7", having its. upper and ower faces balanced by like pressure of theactu-' ating fluid, the pressure of such actuatin fluid against theupper face of piston f carries the bottle rest into its lowermostposition, as indicated in full lines in Figs. 4 and 10. Such lowerin ofthe rest however, and of the filled bottle thereon, 1t will beunderstood is accomplished easily and gently by the means just describedand with a minimum of jar and shock, which require to be sedulouslyavoided in the handling of the beverage-in question, otherwise foamingand loss of contents results. The filled bottle is thereby lacedentirely below, and out of horizontai line with the filling tube D. Itis then carried on the still horizontally traveling rest into suitableproximityfwith the bottle receiving plate R, and there engaged by thespring guide 1",

being embraced between the latter and the u right flange g of its rest.Should any filed bottle present abnormal resistance to removal from itsrest, such as had better not be further opposed; then, the sprin armmoves from out the path of travel 0 such filled bottle and permits thelatter to pass. But, if a filled bottle offers usual resistance, onlysuch as may be well overcome by said sprlng arm, it is thereupon sweptfrom ofl its rest, and is received on said plate R. The filled bottlelast previously delivered on such plate, is thereupon pushed along onthe latter by the one now delivered, while the bottle rest last emptied,is ready for a repetition of the foregoing described operation. Whilesuch operation, described with reference to one selected bottle rest andassociated parts, constituting one bottle-filling device orbottle-filling valve, has

' been carried on, a like operation of the other rests and correspondingsets of parts composing the remaining bottle filling valves of themachine, is of course in progress, successive rests'being presented tothe operator to receive em' ty' bottlesand discharging suchbottles, ater they have been filled, onto the receiving apparatus.

- The entire operation, save for the placin ofthe' bottles onto thebottle rests, it wil .further be noted isautomatic in character; ,notonly the fil ing of the bottle with the beer, "but also the preliminarycharging of the same with the compressed gas, so as to create thedesired counter pressure, is auto- -matica'lly controlled by theengagement of the rocker, operating the filling valve, with successiverollers'of the series securedto bar K. Such rocker and the parts thus"op} eratively connected therewith, taken inconjunction with theserollers, constitute two part means, one part -the rocker-traveling, 13C

' nation of a bottle mouth piece, a bottle rest,

scopes and the other parP-the r llers and thei support-not traveling,with the filling device, or valve, which to ether with the as sociatedfluid-actuated ottle rest, have a conjoint travel about the axis .of themachine distinct from the bottle rest movement. These same two-partmeans, moreover, are automaticallycooperative during such con-v jointtravel of filling valve and bottle rest, or lift, as it may be termed,to control the supply of fluid to the fluid actuated means that raiseand lower said rest.

The invention may obviously be used to fill any suitable vessels;accordingl wherever the term Fbottle'occurs in ;t e foregoingdescription or the following claims, the same should be understood asincludin under the rule of equivalents, any suitab e vessel, as a knownsubstitute for a bottle. Similarly the invention may be used to bottleany suitable fluid; so. that wherever the term beer occurs intheforegoing descri tion or the following claims, the same shou d beunderstod as including, under the ruleof equivalents, any suitablefluid, as a known substitute for beer.

Other modes of applying the 'rinciple my invention may e employe insteadof the one explained, change being made as: regards the mechanism hereindisclosed, ro-. vided the means stated by any of the follbwing claims orthe. equivalentof such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and dis-.-

tinctly. claim as my invention 1. Ina bottle filling machine,"thecombination of a rotatable upright shaft, a tank ing said bottle liftsby said fluid carriedby said shaft, a series of bottle filling valvesconnected to said. tank, a series of fluid pressure bottle lifts carriedby said shaft. and means for-automatically operat 4 pressure during therotation of the shaft.

2. Ina bottlefilling machine, the combi nation of a bottle mouth piece,a bottle rest,

. fluid actuated means for moving said bottle rest relatively to saidmouthpiece, said members having conjoint traveldistinct from said bottlerest movement, two part means one part traveling and the other part nottraveling with said distinct travel and automatically coiiperativeduring same to control flow of fillld for said fluid actuated means,substantially as set forth; Q i

- '3. In a bottle filling machine, the combi piston means for movingsaid bottle rest toward and mouth piece, said members having-conjointtravel distinct from said bottle rest movement, two part means one',part sharin- I and the other part not sharing 1n said COHJOlIlt traveland'controlling flow rotatably mounted with res set to a vertical axis;a corresponding fiui pressure bottle .lift similarly mounted withrespect to such axis; a beer tank; a compressed air-tankducts connectingsaid beer tank and said air tank with said filling member and lift,

0 nin' and closin said ducts inci ntall td the r otation-of sa id memberand H abou t their common axis. k

5. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a series ofrelatively fixed depending bottle filling members rotatably mounted withrespect to a common vertical axis; a corresponding seriesof fluidpressure bottle lifts similarly -rotatably. mounted with respect to suchaxis; a beer tank; a compressed air tank; ducts connecting said beertank and aid air tank with said filling members and lifts, respectively;and means for automatically successively opening and closing said ductsincidentally to the rotation of said members and lifts about theircommonaxis.

6. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a bottle mouth-piece;a bottle rest; piston means for moving saidbottle rest relatively tosaid mouthpiece; said mouth a piece, bottle rest, and piston means beingrotatably mounted with respect to acommon axis; an actuating-fluidreservoir; abottlefilling-fluid tank; and means for automaticallyconnectin said piston means with said actuating-Hui reservoir and saidbottle tank, respectively, during the rotation of aforesaid membersabout such common axis.

nation of a bottle mouth piece; a bottle rest;

relatively to said mouth piece; said mouth 'rotatably mounted withrespect to a common vertlcal axls; an actuatlng-fiuld reservolr; a

one part rotating and the other part not rocommon axis, andautomatically cooperative dur ng such rotation to'connect sald plstonmeans with. said, actuating-fluid reservoir filling-fluid tank,respectively.

8? In a bottle fillin machine, the combi nation of a series 0 bottlemouth pieces vertical axis; a corresponding series of bottle rests,'anda piston means for raising said. bottle rests toward said mouthpieces,all similarly rotatably -mounted with res ect to each axis; a beer tank;a compressed air tank; and two-part means, one part rotating and theother part not rotating with aforesaid members about such common axis,

nation. of a depending bottle filling member piston means for: movingsaid bottle rest piece, bottle rest, and piston means being.

and said bottle mouth piece with said bottlel' and automaticallycooperative incidentally respectively; and means for automatically mouthpiece with said bottle-filling-fluid w 7. In a bottle filling machine,the combibottle-filling-fiuid tank; and two-part means,

tatingwith aforesaid members about such rotatably mounted with respectto a common to such rotation to connect successive piston means withsaid compressed air tank and corresponding bottle mouth pieces with saidbeer tank, respectively.

9. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a bottle mouth piece;a bottle rest; piston means for moving said bottle rest relatively tosaid mouth piece; valve means for said piston means, said members havingconjoint travel distinct from said bottle rest movement; and means nothaving. said travel and adapted to automatically cooperate during samewith said valve means to control flow of fluid for said piston means.

10. In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of a bottle mouthpiece; a bottle rest;

piston means for moving said bottle restrelatively to said mouth piece;an actuating fluid reservoir; valve means between the rest r Fillingfluid reservoir, a bott e filling ank valve means controlling connectionbelatter and said piston means all said members having conjoint traveldistinct from said bottle rest movement; and means not having saidtravel and adapted to automatically cooperate during same with saidvalve.

means to control fluid communication between said reservoir and saidpiston means.

12. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a bottle mouthpiece; a bottle rest; piston means for moving said bottlerest relatively'to said mouth piece; valve means for said piston meansand said mouthpiece, said members having conjoint travel distinct from said bottlerest movement and means not having/said travel and adapted toautomatically cooperate durin same with said valve means to control owof fluid for said piston means and said mouth piece. 7 1

13. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of'a bottlemouth iece;a bottle rest; piston means -for moving said bottle e atively to saidmouth iece; an actutween said reservoir and Sand piston meansLand-between said tank and said mouth piece, all said members havingconjoint travel distinct' from said bottle rest movement; and

means not having said travel and adapted to automatically cooperatevduring same with 'said valve means to control fluid communicationbetween said reservoir and said pistonmeans and between .said tankandsaid mouthpiece.- r j v b '14.;In-a' bottle filling machine, the comingsaid bottle lifts by said fluid eta-ass bination ofa rotatable uprightshaft; a tank carried. by said shaft; a series of bottle filling valvesconnected to said tank; a series of fluid pressure bottle lifts carriedby said shaft; and means for automatically operatressure during therotation of said shaft, sai means being adjustable to effect suchoperation at a selected point in the course of such rotation.

15. In abottlefilling machine, the combinationof a bottle mouth piece; abottle rest; fluidactuated means for moving said bottle rest relativelyto said mouth piece; said members having conjoint travel distinct fromsaid bottle rest movement; and two-part means, one part traveling andthe other part not traveling with said distinct travel and automaticallycooperative during same to control flow of fluid for said fluid actuatedmeans, the part of said means not thus traveling being adjustable tothus cooperate with the other part at a selected point in the course ofthe latt'ers travel.

16. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a bottle mouth iece;a bottle rest; piston means for movmg said bottle rest toward said mouthpiece, said members having conjoint travel distinct from said bottlerest movement; and two-part means, one part sharing and the other partnot sharing in said conjoint travel and controlling flow of fluid tomove said bottle rest toward said mouth piece, the part of said meansnot sharing 1n travel being adjustable to permit such flow at a selectedpoint in the other parts travel.

'17. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a depending bottlefilling member rotatably mounted with res ect to a vertical axis; acorresponding flui pressure bottle lift similarly mounted with respectdentally to the rotation 0 said member and to such axis; a beer tank; acompressed air tank; ducts connecting said beer tank and lift abouttheir common axis, said means being adjustable to effect such opening,-and closing at selected points in the course of such rotation.

18. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a series ofrelatively fixed depending bottle filling members rotatably mounted withrespect'toa common vertical' 0 u l I axls; a corresponding-serles offlu1d pressure bottle lifts similarly rotatably mount-' ed with respectto such axis; a beer tank; a compressed air tank; ducts connecting saidbeer tank and said air tank with said filling members and lifts,respectively; :and means for automatically and successively opening andclosing said ducts incidentally to the rotation 'of said members andlifts about

